Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for August 12, 2014
August 11, 2014
August 13, 2014
Transcript:
Ralston: Cheetos Middle School?? Bixby: Yeah, they bought a public school. Ralston: Why would they do that?? Bixby: Well, the government won't allow snack foods to be sold in schools. So they bought their own, made it private, and filled it with vending machines. And the best part is the tuition is free. Ralston: Free? Bixby: Well, with proof of purchase from 5,000 bags of any "Cheetos" brand product.
knight1192a over 9 years ago
I know a guy who was told what they could and could not eat as a kid by a parent. He was skinny as a rail for years. Then he hit his teens, got his license, and seriously put on some weight as he didn’t have to listen as much, he could make his own choices. For years he’d been told what choices he could make in food, ie. he didn’t really have a choice. So once he actually could make the choice he rebelled against years of what he had been told. Ralston and so many like the character are just like the parent, tell folks what they can and can’t do, saying their teaching them to make the right choices. But in reality their not offering a chance for choices.
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
The trick is you tell the teenager the opposite of what you want them to do; either they find out why it is wrong or they do the right thing out of spite.
Tedder13579 over 9 years ago
They couldn’t just have a school, now could they…